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80-G-54503: Battle of Attu, May 11-29, 1943

80-G-54503: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Battle for Attu, May 1943. American soldiers landing at Holtz Bay find a Japanese victim of Army Air Corps marksmanship. This float-type Zero had been machine-gunned several days before the landing by attacking U.S. planes. The Japanese pulled the damaged ship ashore and turned it over on its back. U.S. troops in the landing party survey the craft. Photograph, May 11, 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/19).
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Caption: Aleutian Islands Campaign, June 1942 - August 1943. Battle for Attu, May 11-29, 1943. American soldiers landing at Holtz Bay find a Japanese victim of Army Air Corps marksmanship. This float-type Japanese Zero, A6M-3N had been machine-gunned several days before the landing by attacking U.S. planes. The Japanese pulled the damaged ship ashore and turned it over on its back. U.S. troops in the landing party survey the craft. Photograph, May 11, 1943. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/19).
Accession #: 80-G-54503
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